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Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:53:14 +0100On the other handsIT SOUNDS like an easy question for any half-competent scientist to answer. Do dark-skinned footballers get given red cards more often than light-skinned ones? But, as Raphael Silberzahn of IESE, a…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/677/
Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:40:06 +0200The Problem With Customer ServiceAlmost everyone has to deal with customer service at some point. In fact, 88 percent of the people surveyed recently by the Consumer Reports National Research Center had done so in the past…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/676/
Fri, 21 Aug 2015 8:46:49 +0200At Airbnb, Data Science Belongs Everywhere: Insights from Five Years of HypergrowthFive years ago, I joined Airbnb as its first data scientist. At that time, the few people who’d even heard of the company were still figuring out how to pronounce its name, and the roughly 7…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/675/
Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:15:14 +0200I'll have what she's having: How peers influence the adoption of new sales channelsSelling used to be so simple: pack up the wagon, harness the horse, and head to the nearest settlement. Today, retailers have to allocate their marketing dollars across a multitude of channels, from…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/674/
Tue, 21 Jul 2015 9:21:01 +0200Meet 'Jet,' the Startup Taking On Amazon and CostcoJet Jet Finding a good deal online isn’t all that difficult. But finding the best deal? That’s a much tougher hill to climb. Still, from President’s Day through Black Friday (and…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/673/
Tue, 21 Jul 2015 9:19:32 +0200The Social-Network Illusion That Tricks Your MindOne of the curious things about social networks is the way that some messages, pictures, or ideas can spread like wildfire while others that seem just as catchy or interesting barely register at all.…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/672/
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:37:25 +0200http://www.epsilon.com/fr/node/4115Dallas, TX — December 19, 2013 — Ryan Partnership, an Epsilon brand, today released the results of its Digital Shopping Tool Impact Study 2013. The study found that shoppers…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/671/
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:07:13 +0200Google Is Making Shopping on a Smartphone Much EasierJewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images Google's lead designer for "Inbox by Gmail" Jason Cornwell shows the app's functionalities on a nexus 6 android phone during a media preview in New York on October…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/670/
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:06:24 +0200The Struggle for Accurate Measurements on Your WristUntil recently, I didn’t know a thing about how my roughly 25-minute bike commute across San Francisco—or any other part of my day, really—affects my body, other than that I…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/669/
Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:17:50 +0200Tech Startups Looking to Transform What’s on Your PlateFood substitutes, 3D-printed meat, ingredient scanners – the list goes on. There are now lots of innovative companies determined to bring about profound changes to the way we eat. Bill Gates,…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/668/
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:12:47 +0200What Will It Take to Make Your Grandma’s Wearable?The current wave of wearable technology shows no signs of ebbing. On the contrary, the imagination and innovation of wearable applications is at an all-time high. Pick up any technology newsfeed and…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/667/
Sat, 09 Aug 2014 11:35:14 +0200Israel, Gaza, War & DataInstagram co-tag graph, highlighting three distinct topical communities: 1) pro-Israeli (Orange), 2) pro-Palestinian (Yellow), and 3) Religious / muslim (Purple)As I’m writing this post,…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/666/
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:41:44 +0200Uber Could Finally Make Smartphone Carpools WorkPhotograph by David Ramos/Getty Images When Uber started up New York City in 2011, I wrote a short piece comparing it with another seemingly innovative transportation startup called Weeels. Uber…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/665/
Thu, 07 Aug 2014 9:47:17 +0200Beware Big Data's Easy AnswersThe rise of powerful and easy-to-use software (e.g., software as a service) and analytic programming languages (e.g., R) have made it possible for people across the entire organization — not…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/664/
Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:06:20 +0200Hold the Phone: A Big-Data ConundrumI often grumble to my graduate students that every time a new iPhone comes out, my existing iPhone seems to slow down. How convenient, I might think: Wouldn’t many business owners love to make their old product less useful whenever they released a newer one? When you sell the device and control the operating system, that’s an option.http://www.albancotillon.com/go/663/
Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:53:39 +0200Internet Of Caring ThingsWhy consumers will embrace connected objects with a clear mission: to actively care for them. Consumers don't care about the Internet of Things. Okay, most of them don't.http://www.albancotillon.com/go/662/
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:56:39 +0200Amazon's Magic Wand and the Unrelenting Race to Make Shopping More ConvenientIn the last two months, Amazon has spotlighted two new products that allow shoppers to add items to their shopping list without ever typing anything into a search bar. This isn’t a…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/661/
Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:38:11 +0200IBM Watson provides Big Data backing for the culinary artBy Agathe Foussat March 13, 2014 IBM’s supercomputer Watson has now found its way into the kitchen, or almost. Some of its innovative cooking ideas were put in front of diners for the first…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/660/
Fri, 11 Apr 2014 2:07:30 +0200Netflix France : 1 million de nouveaux abonnés par anVendredi 21 mars, tout le gratin de l’audiovisuel, des chaînes de TV aux sites de VOD, en passant par les producteurs et les FAI a été invité en catastrophe par la Ministre…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/659/
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:39:08 +0200Can Google's robots build a new future for US manufacturing?During a dinner with Silicon Valley executives in 2011, President Barack Obama famously asked Apple CEO Steve Jobs what he needed to do to bring iPhone manufacturing back to the US. Jobs replied:…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/658/
Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:40:13 +0200Internet music preferences now being used to target likely votersNext time you listen to a Bob Marley channel on Pandora Media Inc., the Internet radio service may peg you as likely to vote for a Democrat. The Oakland, Calif., company plans to roll out a new…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/657/
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:12:13 +01005 myths about Web publishing, debunkedAds at the top of the page are most valuable. Attention spans on mobile devices are gnat-sized. Increasingly, what you thought you knew about the Web is turning out to be untrue when held up to the…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/656/
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:55:07 +0100Send a Payment With Square Cash, the Service That’s Free, for NowIt’s rare that any new product or service quickly and simply makes our financial lives a whole lot easier. It’s rarer still that the offering is free.So behold the mystery of Square…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/655/
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:21:01 +0100Yahoo Aims to More Deftly Blend Ads With ContentSUNNYVALE, Calif. — To Marissa Mayer, the chief executive of Yahoo, fashion magazines like Vogue and InStyle have achieved the holy grail of advertising.“The ads in those magazines are…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/654/
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:56:31 +0100Big Data Picks Up the PaceWe may be heading into the next phase of big data. The early bets and stand-alone products seem to be moving rapidly into more sophisticated uses and broader corporate alliances. On Wednesday, three…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/653/
Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:43:39 +0100Watching snowfall can make your city a better placeUrban planners love nothing better than a complex, multi-factor map illustrating how many variables go into their decision making, but sometimes the simplest methods are the best. Jon Geeting over…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/652/
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:48:37 +0100BLE-vs-NFC-The-future-of-mobile-consumer-engagement-now-infographicOne thing I notice in the fast-moving mobile payment space is the constant struggle for accuracy. In this case, I don't exclusively refer to location-based accuracy (though we will get to that…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/651/
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:48:35 +0100The Sweet, Streaming Sound of DataOnce, all you needed to succeed in the music business were a pair of golden ears and some hustle. Now, it also takes mountains of data.That is the thinking behind a string of recent music technology…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/650/
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:22:00 +0100Mobile Phone Use Now Widely Outpacing Online PC UseAre you using your mobile phone a lot more than your PC these days? If so, you’re not alone. According to a new Nielsen report, the average American now spends more time in front of his or…http://www.albancotillon.com/go/649/
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